diff --git a/elements/interface-names/README.md b/elements/interface-names/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d0b585a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/interface-names/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+interface-names
+===============
+
+net.ifnames may be 0 in /etc/default/grub which can make generating a
+configuration for the network interfaces difficult. The default in RHEL7
+was to not have this defined. The kernel args can be tuned later in the
+deployment so we want to clean it out if it is defined in grub.
diff --git a/elements/interface-names/install.d/70-clear-net-ifnames b/elements/interface-names/install.d/70-clear-net-ifnames
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d276decd1
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+++ b/elements/interface-names/install.d/70-clear-net-ifnames
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+set -o pipefail
+
+if [ -f /etc/default/grub ]; then
+    # net.ifacenames is defined and set to 0 starting with RHEL8.
+    # This is a change from RHEL7 which can affect network configurations.
+    sed -i 's/net.ifnames=0//g' /etc/default/grub
+fi
diff --git a/elements/os-net-config/element-deps b/elements/os-net-config/element-deps
index 8002f76a1..b4a5ec50d 100644
--- a/elements/os-net-config/element-deps
+++ b/elements/os-net-config/element-deps
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ os-refresh-config
 package-installs
 pip-manifest
 openvswitch
+interface-names